Beyond the Limits of Recreation: Social Costs of Gambling in Southern Nevada

摘要: This study seeks to find the dollar value of social costs gambling. The authors use data from a survey 99 members Gamblers Anonymous (GA) groups in southern Nevada. GA were asked many questions about their behavior while they active gamblers, such as how often missed work because gambling, much borrowed stole gambling and experiences with judicial system welfare systems Societal each calculated annualized. It was determined that compulsive gamblers imposed $19,711 on others Of these costs, $1,428 (7.2%) governmental $6,616 (33.6%) represented economic losses for Using estimates numbers pathological problem Nevada, it overall Nevada ranged $314 million $545 per year.